So great and boundless is God's wisdom that he knows right well how to use evil instruments to do good.
John CalvinThey babble and talk absurdly who, in the place of God's providence, substitute bare permission - as if God sat in a watchtower awaiting chance events , and his judgments thus depended upon human will.
John CalvinEvery person, on coming to the knowledge of himself, is not only urged to seek God, but is also led as by the hand to find Him.
John CalvinWithout Christ, sciences in every department are vain....The man who knows not God is vain, though he should be conversant with every branch of learning. Nay more, we may affirm this too with truth, that these choice gifts of God -- expertness of mind, acuteness of judgment, liberal sciences, and acquaintance with languages, are in a manner profaned in every instance in which they fall to the lot of wicked men.
John Calvin